Even with many tech stocks in the tank, our lives increasingly involve the Internet. This is likely as true for kids as it is for professionals. Anyone who’s seen a youth using a computer knows that kids take to the machines better than they take to bicycles and skateboards. The Internet has arguably opened children’s…
When asked to list qualities they want in a teacher, students tend to give high ratings to a sense of humor and fairness—but they typically find it difficult to define these qualities. It seems a matter of recognizing something when we experience it without being able to precisely define it. My May 2000 column (The…
From a subjective viewpoint, it can be difficult to believe that dreams have any deep meaning. One of my most memorable dreams involved the actor Tom Selleck, a sea monster and a talking duck. If this was supposed to be a message from my subconscious, its significance was certainly lost on me. Indeed, reasons for…
Dr. James Catterall, professor at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education, says that his academic career has taken him down three main paths over the last few decades. The first was the examination of the economics of education, a pursuit that extended naturally from his undergraduate background in economics and from his graduate work at Stanford…
Folks tend to worry about memory loss. Our worry escalates when we do such things as lose keys, forget names when making introductions, or remember the principal item that sparked the shopping trip just as we arrive home. We’re mostly focused on the future, but memory connects us to our past. It provided the information…
Just What is Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)? The common symptoms of ADHD, which has replaced ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) as the medical term of choice, are what Hinshaw called “The symptoms of childhood.” After all, most children are at times impulsive, unable to concentrate, and excessively boisterous. So how can clinicians make a…